Putin lays flowers at the "Rubezhny Stone" at the "Nevsky Patch"

On the day of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from the blockade by Nazi Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the military-historical complex "Nevsky Pytachok", where he laid flowers at the monument "Rubezhny Stone". This was reported on January 27 in the press service of the Kremlin.

"It was in this place - a small three-kilometer stretch of the front south of Leningrad - that the Red Army fighters from the first days of the blockade held back numerically superior enemy forces, preventing the Nazis and their allies from approaching the city," reads the message published in the Telegram channel.

A great day: January 27, 1944 the siege of Leningrad ended

Thematic events are held in St. Petersburg on the anniversary

On this day, the Russian president took part in commemorative events dedicated to the anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.

In his speech "Leningrad Victory" Putin said that the lifting of the siege of the city on January 27, 1944 was the most important frontier in the fight against Nazism. In addition, during the event he awarded seven veterans with jubilee medals "80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945".

The siege of Leningrad began on September 8, 1941. It lasted 872 days and claimed the lives of more than 1 million people. It was possible to break through the Nazi ring around the city on the sixth attempt thanks to the "Spark" operation. The only way to deliver food to the besieged city was the Road of Life, laid on the ice of Ladoga. On January 27, 1944 the blockade was completely lifted.